tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206946883142896132.post2548160741278918236..comments2012-05-03T17:14:15.603-04:00Comments on Catherine Trizzino's Blog: “Time to face the change. Ch-ch-ch-changes.”Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17855774802992759787noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206946883142896132.post-67532520501896089632012-05-03T17:14:15.603-04:002012-05-03T17:14:15.603-04:00As an author myself, I'm more concerned with d...As an author myself, I'm more concerned with digital rights in relation to publishers. Maybe attentive is the right term because I also embrace change and will do whatever the market dictates is wise, however events unfold. So...digital rights. Right now, the big fear is if a book never really goes out of print, exactly when do the rights revert to the author? Whether old-school books are better or worse than e-readers? I'm 44 and am ashamed to say I haven't missed books a bit. Because of the immediacy of purchases and the ability to take my bookshelf with me anywhere. Oh...and I can read at night without the light on. I don't like traditional book lights, either. I'm solidly in the e-book corner. Besides, the soft glow of an e-reader on a reader's focused and sometimes emotive face is comforting to me. Like seeing the birth of what future generations will find nostalgic.Thomas McAuleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15164471918757314081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206946883142896132.post-71437610413122301942011-05-19T07:09:21.764-04:002011-05-19T07:09:21.764-04:00MB and Col. Nothing wrong with 'old school'...MB and Col. Nothing wrong with 'old school' :) :)Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17855774802992759787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206946883142896132.post-33181556593351846252011-05-19T07:08:30.543-04:002011-05-19T07:08:30.543-04:00Hi mapelba! Thanks so much for popping over from W...Hi mapelba! Thanks so much for popping over from WU. It's a great group. I'm hoping to get more involved but I do read most of the posts and the chats are always valuable :)<br /><br />Re ebooks. I totally agree .. to me books are something to talk about! I almost want to ditch my kindle if they are advertising like that :(. Shame. Hopefully the many bookstore lovers won't let them fade away.<br /><br />Thanks for the comment and I'll check out your blog asap!<br /><br />CatCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17855774802992759787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206946883142896132.post-65318388989664212732011-05-18T20:03:25.767-04:002011-05-18T20:03:25.767-04:00I wandered over here from your link at Writers Unb...I wandered over here from your link at Writers Unboxed. This post is a topic that has been on my mind. I saw an ad for the Kindle that used as a selling point that you wouldn't have to go to the bookstore! I was horrified. I mean, yes, I don't mind the ebooks and how they can let us read more and many other great things, but not go to a bookstore? One reason I live in a city is so that I can go to bookstores. And I resent people who tell me to "get with the times." I find that response cold and thoughtless. <br /><br />Oh, and I did used to work in a bookstore. I loved talking to customers about books. You don't get that on an e-reader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206946883142896132.post-32061750905776876512011-05-16T21:06:50.081-04:002011-05-16T21:06:50.081-04:00Ebooks will have a place but I love the smell and ...Ebooks will have a place but I love the smell and feel of paper. Have tried reading ebooks on my iPad but it just does not feel right. Maybe I am a dinosaur.colflggnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206946883142896132.post-30410845588556680412011-05-04T11:20:06.981-04:002011-05-04T11:20:06.981-04:00I haven't been able to make the change. I am ...I haven't been able to make the change. I am resisting.....a hold out! :)Michele Branthttp://www.twitter.com/michelebrantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206946883142896132.post-63225341266717080242011-04-19T16:40:38.377-04:002011-04-19T16:40:38.377-04:00Thanks for stopping by Julia! Aren't those mul...Thanks for stopping by Julia! Aren't those multi-level bookstores divine? Of course, I also love little nook bookstores with a few overstuffed chairs and lots of history. Really anywhere with books I guess :) :)Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17855774802992759787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206946883142896132.post-26662898706735401322011-04-19T12:36:40.776-04:002011-04-19T12:36:40.776-04:00I was so happy on a recent trip to PA to find a tw...I was so happy on a recent trip to PA to find a two-story Borders! I only saw one small sign of e-readers, which surprised me--but lots and lots of paper books. There weren't too many people there, but I saw a few kids carrying books to buy, which greatly encouraged me. Still, times are definitely changing; I just bought a Kindle, something I never, ever thought I'd do! While I'm not sure I'm embracing it, it definitely gives me more freedom to take multiple books, etc., with me... (but as a writer I still haven't sorted out how exactly I feel)Julia Munroe Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09798422149542791454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206946883142896132.post-39534691063763201142011-04-15T08:55:14.941-04:002011-04-15T08:55:14.941-04:00You're so right. Digital books in some format ...You're so right. Digital books in some format are here to stay so we might as well embrace it. If it comes to it (but I don't think it will) I'll just have to stack all my paper books next to my albums and cassette tapes. Yes, I still have boxes of those :). Thanks for the visit!Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17855774802992759787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206946883142896132.post-16394839916921958462011-04-14T19:06:59.842-04:002011-04-14T19:06:59.842-04:00Whether we want it to or not, ebooks are on the ri...Whether we want it to or not, ebooks are on the rise. I remember (I'm old, super old) the day when CD's came out. My friends and I were shocked, who would be something that could so easily be scratched and ruined forever? Nope, tape cassettes were the best! I had boxes and boxes of cassette tapes back then.<br /><br />Today, I don't even own one. My CD collection is dwindling too as I now buy iTunes. Nothing tangible to hold. <br /><br />I own a Kindle (Christmas present this past year) and I was worried how I would like it. Well, I love it. It's convenient. BUT, I still buy books too, especially books on writing or manuals. I like to actually hold those and mark them up. <br /><br />I was surprised too when I went into B&N and found shelves removed. It took me by surprise. I LOVE B&N for the smell and feel--sensory love. But the times they are a changing. We can't stop it. All we can kinda do is flow with it, I guess.<br /><br />~AngelaAngela Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488555961691093024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206946883142896132.post-79564906928303542592011-04-09T09:02:34.507-04:002011-04-09T09:02:34.507-04:00Thanks for visiting, ladies. I felt silly at the t...Thanks for visiting, ladies. I felt silly at the time, dabbing my eyes over the displaced books but now I see I'm not alone. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17855774802992759787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206946883142896132.post-11686239130970323642011-04-06T10:30:47.884-04:002011-04-06T10:30:47.884-04:00Similar thing happened to me in a Borders last yea...Similar thing happened to me in a Borders last year (before official wind of the bankruptcy). All the barren floor space, the kiosk areas, and the missing presence of books ... I came home feeling very, very sad. I have not yet adopted the e-book, for I am a paper and ink girl through and through. But hubby is getting an iPad this week, so I will at least "try" it. I like your insight that there will always be a need for both media. But, my, how that changes the landscape of once overflowing bookstores -- agree that the former experience was tactile and sensory. Won't be so much any more, I'm afraid.Melissa Crytzer Fryhttp://melissacrytzefry.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3206946883142896132.post-89363742201141852672011-04-05T23:53:44.809-04:002011-04-05T23:53:44.809-04:00I,like you, feel that e-readers are fine. Just don...I,like you, feel that e-readers are fine. Just don't even THINK about taking away my real books. E-books have their place (not in my house, but whatever) I know kids like them, and self pub folks. But nothing could ever replace the feeling of a real, paper book in my hands. Or the smell of them. Or the timeless beauty of multi-hued spines lined up on a bookshelf.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com